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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Make an Easter Story Wreath {free printables!}

Inspired by the Easter Story Wreath I saw at Oriental Trading (pictured below), I thought it'd be fun to draw my own version for kids to color, cut and assemble!

I wanted to include Pentecost in my wreath (it's not included in the one above) and also add scripture verses to make it tell the Easter story in better detail. (And by-the-way, I really didn't care for the "happy hippy" Jesus in their wreath--I mean, he's SMILING during the agony in the garden? Really?) So anyway, here is my own version of an Easter Story Wreath. Please feel free to print as many as you like! There are three documents to print (2 image docs and one scripture egg doc).

To assemble the wreath simply print, color and cut out the images. For a wreath base I used a large circle (approx. 11 1/2 " in diameter) cut from a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock:

I arranged the pictures to "tell" the story from Palm Sunday (starting on the top right) through Pentecost (placed in the top center). If you're interested in making this wreath I'm sure you're already very familiar with the order of the events, but I will go ahead and list them just in case:

1. Jesus enters Jerusalem (palm branch and donkey pictures)

2. The Last Supper (bread and wine pictures)

3. Jesus Prays in Gethsemane (praying hands picture)

4. Jesus is Crucified (cross picture)

5. Resurrection (empty tomb picture)

6. Ascension (Jesus in clouds picture)

7. Holy Spirit Comes Down (dove and flames pictures)

Here is an example of an assembled wreath will look like:

I overlapped some of the pictures on top of each other to make them fit nicely--feel free to arrange them however you like! Glue stick or Glue Dots work well to affix the pictures to the wreath base.

NOTE: Some people have mentioned that their scripture eggs are printing out blank. If you experience this, you can try editing the document to re-arrange the order of the "egg shape" to send it to the back. This has fixed the issue for most people. I hope that helps.

If you are still unable to print the eggs with scripture in them, you can also print the text separately and simply cut and paste it onto the blank eggs. Below is the document with the scripture verses by themselves:

I thank you for having this project and allowing us to use it. I definately liked your revision on the graphics. I am sure that this project is used over and overmy many. A great piece to work with and explain to the children in class.

I tried downloading or printing this from the webpage but are unable to. It says page not available. Are you able to maybe email me the printables please. nazreendavids.info@gmail.com I would like to do this for our Sunday School kids.

Love this, Erin. I can't wait to do this with some of the older children using our church nursery this season! I am having trouble getting the third page to load, though. Anyone else? Thanks for sharing your talent!

This looks really good. I want to do it with my 2nd graders during their Bible class before Easter. Can you add the file somewhere else so that it can be downloaded? (Teacherspayteachers or teachersnotebook both allow free downloads... the person just has to create an account)

Thanks, Erin for making this available for free. I made one last year, but am hoping to do one with a friend's daughter. Two of the Bible verses don't print inside the eggs, but easily taken care of by editing in word. Thanks again - - love the pictures!

Erin, I ADORE this idea. Like others, I'm unable to download and don't really feel like paying Scribd for one download. Anyway you might be able to email me? I teach at a private Christian school and would love to use this before Easter. Thank you so much!!!!

Hi Erin, I found your log through Stephanie's Pinterest board. What a cute idea! Adding the scripture verse makes it more meaningful for children. It's good for them to connect I to the bible. May God bless you for your creativity and generous heart! I haven't tried to download it yet so I hope it works!

I love this idea and want to do it for a project this weekend with my little kids' religious class. I don't subscribe to Scribd, and the ODT files have a grey background on them. Could you share a MS Word or PDF file as well? If so, that's great. If not, that's ok, too. Thanks!

Wow! Did you draw this pictures? I have to say that you are very creative! Thank you so much for sharing them. I think we are going to use the pieces in like a timeline format on the wall so that we can do 1 piece a day. Then, on Easter we are going to make the wreath. Thanks again!

Erin,i really want to do this with a few students of mine and will not do it through Scribed, but when i clicked on your other link it said it would be one hour to download one page!!!! can you please send as attachment to my emailjudymcgruder@hotmail.comthanks for pinning and for forwarding to mej

Hi,I am really loving your Easter Wreath but I am having the same problem as the ladies above me. It says that the documents are locked when I try to download them. I am not the best tech savvy person around so I have no clue how to correct that. Is there another way that I can get these documents besides the paid version? My email is lori_hubler@yahoo.com if you are willing to email them. I appreciate the time you are putting out for this wonderful craft. I am hoping to share this with our Sunday school classes.Thank You,Lori

Hi Erin, we did make this in my class this morning and it was a hit. I had asked another teacher to come in and help with the assembly of it. It's hard to watch even a small group of kids to make sure they were matching up the right verse to the right picture :) It worked great and a few of their parents exclaimed that they loved it at pick up! Thank you! I posted about it today and linked back to you. God bless.

I tried downloading or printing this from Erin's webpage but are unable to. It says page not available. Are you able to maybe email me the printables please. nazreendavids.info@gmail.com I would like to do this for our Sunday School kids.

What a great project! I would love to do this with my 4th grade class next week!! I am having the same problem as the people above with the downloads. can you possibly e-mail me the documents?klettore@yahoo.com

Wow this is a great project, thanks for publishing it. I'd like to use it for my 3rd grade PREP class but can't download them. If you are able to email them to me I'd really appreciate it. stephbruno@comcast.net

This is a beautiful project! I would love to do it with my little one, and perhaps with my Children's Church group. However, when I try to download the google doc it is only available as a ODT file. Which my computer cannot open? I know you are probably swamped with this right now, but I would love them emailed to me if at all possible. Thank you so much!aliveagaintoday at gmail dot com

This is awesome, but I can't seem to open the downloaded file (as I see from others). So as Jes said, if you have time I would also love to have it e-mailed to me, but totally understand if you don't have time!

Hi, I love this idea. I would love to use this with my Kindergartners this week but I can't print it it. The file does not show up. Please if you have time, could you email it to me at tgcrzy4u32@gmail.com

Thank you for creating such an awesome printable. Unfortunately, I can't download it on either link. Can you email it to me if you get a chance at brandyweems@hotmail.com? I would love to create it with my kids this week. Thanks again for sharing HIS light with the world. Blessings!

Hi Erin, Thanks so very much for sharing this - it's perfect for the children. Sadly, I can't view/download it via google docs (drive) - I get a blank page. Are you please able to email it to me. Thanks in advance.anniep156@gmail.com

Erin, Thanks for your great blog and sharing your ideas! We are going to use the Easter wreath this Sunday for our Sunday school classes as we move into Holy Week. We really appreciate the fact that you moved the documents to Google docs so that we can get them free. THANKS so much! Be Blessed!Sheri E., Director of Christian Education

For those of you who find that 2 eggs are blank, they really aren't. The words are hidden behind the egg. If you click on the egg, you will get the image menu. Find the one that says, 'send back'. Click it a few times, until the words appear. Hope this helps.

I really love this idea and wanted to do this with my son this weekend. However, I can't seem to get the file from google docs. It comes up empty. Any other way of getting this? Email it to me perhaps at cresyr0328@gmail.com?

Thanks so much for this! I teach Sunday School this Easter and this craft is perfect.

I would love to subscribe but I don't see a subscribe by e-mail? I am a blogger myself, but I am kind of new and don't really get the other ways of reading blogs. I'm always afraid I'll miss something that way!

For those of you who say that "it comes up empty":For me, it came up empty in an internet tab, but on the lower left is the download. Click on it, and it should come up in Microsoft Word. HTH!

After reading that it worked for Autumn Jones, I tried downloading it again. This time I tried to open the file from the internet tab instead of saving it, and it would not open for me that way either.

I love the idea, but I too am unable to get anything but a blank page from google docs. Any way you can email me the files as well? I tried to screenshot, but they come out sort of blurry. Sorry, as if you are not busy enough. Thanks in advance, if you can email them to me...cmattfeld@standrewcs.org

Erin, I would love to do this with my kids this week. Of course, I waited until Monday morning to try to print! The Google docs are empty pages.... would you please repost or email them to me at damselandfamily AT gmail DOT com? Thank you so much!!!

Thank you for this creative and meaningful activity. I am so looking forward to using it with my students. However, I am having the same problem noted above. When I open the document in google - it's blank. I've tried opening it through word as well, but have been unable to do so. If you could please let me know an alternate method of downloading or if you could email it to me I would greatly appreciate it. You can email it at acogswell@blessedsacramentdc.org

Thank you!! The last set of links worked for me. Once it opened in google docs I had to select "file" and then "download" so I could get a version that could be saved and printed from my computer. Hope that helps those of you that are experiencing glitches...Thanks again!

Thank you for creating and sharing this. I'm also extremely grateful for the extra time you took to make these more accessible by adding them as both Google Docs and Word Docs. You are blessing many with your kindness.

Hi Erin, This is a lovely idea. I have a problem with the eggs and the scripture inside them. The eggs are printing off as blank eggs. I wonder would it be possible for you to e- mail the egg page to me please. Thanks a million,catherinecollinsdp@hotmail.com Catherine

Hello, when I click on the link it wants me to pay almost $9 to print all of these off. Is there any way around that? I have 6 littles in my house for the next 2 week and I would LOVE to do this craft and story with all of them. Please respond to jamicoakley@gmail.com Thanks!! Jami

It is wonderful to find your post through Pinterest. It is a beautiful design and helpful teaching material for me. I am a Sunday School teacher teaching preschoolers to Grade 2 kids. It is going to be one of the crafts I will definitely share with my little friends in Easter time.Thanks for your great effort to share your talent to glorify God.

Thank YOU so much for the adorable and meaningful holy week wreath. I really appreciate that you are offering it for free. As I am sure you know, us Sunday School teachers earn lots in love but not so much in dollars :)

Thank you so much for this lovely idea. We have used it to decorate our classroom door in preparation for Good Friday. The kids enjoyed making it and it made the lesson easier to understand and more interactive. Thanks again. God Bless you.

My goodness- I am SOO glad I found this! It is EXACTLY what I wanted for my 3 and 6 year old but didnt even realize it becuse Im just not crative. :) They are going to love making this and the story is so perfectly captured. God bless you!

Thank you so much for this project! When I clicked the link for the eggs, it opened in another tab in my browser (like the other links) and they were blank...but once I downloaded them all and opened them on my computer, the eggs then had the scriptures in them. Hopefully that helps!

Thank you, Thank You, this was the perfect craft for my 3rd-6th grade Sunday School class yesterday.I knew that this craft would take time and the younger students may have trouble cutting all of the pictures so I asked a student from that class (she often gets to church early) to cut a few sets and put the pictures in baggies to hand to students that needed that extra help. That worked out so well! The younger student colored and glued, the older students did the whole project. I cut out the wreaths before class.

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